I RESPOND to the letter from Work Hard regarding Dundee City Council allocating so-called luxury homes.
My daughter was offered one of these houses and accepted due to the following facts: she has three handicapped children; she needed a larger home and the council has told her for years that no suitable properties were available.
So when offered this house she thought she had won the lottery and, yes, it has made her life a great deal better and easier for my grandchildren.
This person asks what is wrong with our society? It is a different situation. He or she owns the property. My daughter rents. She can’t sell her home at a profit.
Why should houses not inhabited be left empty to rot away rather than used to help those who cannot buy their home.
Try being homeless and asking for a house from the Dundee City Council, then you may understand. — Proud Father and Grandfather.
Street now ‘a tip’
I agree with Angry Taxpayer regarding Dundee City Council allocating luxury homes to people on benefits.
A once quiet street in the city has been turned into mayhem day and night with full-blown football games in the street going on until 11 pm and sometimes later due to the mild weather.
No-one appears to work so it does not bother the new tenants, but, unfortunately for those of us who do, it’s a series of sleepless nights.
Well done Dundee City Council for turning yet another decent street into a tip in a matter of months. — Sleepless.
Plaque will be put back in place
I n response to Old Dundonian concerning the future location of the plaque commemorating Dundonians who died during the Spanish Civil War, I assure readers that it will be replaced once the work on the gardens surrounding McManus has been completed.
The plaque is temporarily located in the Howff as a result of the ongoing refurbishment of the galleries. — Bob Duncan, Dundee City Council Leisure, Arts and Communities Convener.
Bright spot for plaque
I nstead of putting the plaque back at the dark east end off the Albert Square in Dundee, why not put it in a brighter spot in the garden, or better still, why not put it in front of the Old Steeple?
Plus, we must have visitors from time to time from Spain, who know of the 1932-36 war in Spain, and would like to read the names. — Another Old Dundonian.
Right to buy
I was reading about Susan Boyle, the Scottish singing sensation, who stays in a council house.
As she has had a lot of success and has become a wealthy woman, she wants to buy the house where she was born and brought up and where all or most of her family and friends stay.
I also read that some individuals feel that with her wealth she could buy a house elsewhere so she could surrender her house as there is a shortage of rental homes in the area.
However, I can understand why Susan would like to stay. —Jimmy Borland.
Is Linlathen really on way up?
I READ the article in the Tele regarding how much Linlathen has picked up as an area with interest.
I believe the claims being made that things are improving are wrong. I was brought up in Linlathen and my parents have lived there for the last 28 years.
Youths at night, fire raising and property being stolen are just some of the issues that bring the area down on a regular basis.
Dog bins have a life span of weeks due to vandalism. Illegal motorcycles are as common as cars and the pavements are used as racing tracks.
You do not dare speak to the people you see doing these things for fear of reprisals and the police are just not doing enough.
Someone has to be killed before anything happens, and then it is too late. — Hilltown Hawk.
Appalling record
How can it be that a matter of weeks after Dundee City Council claimed its Community Service Programme was doing a grand job, Scottish Executive figures show exactly the opposite?
Less than half of offenders in Dundee are recorded as having completed their “sentence”.
This is an appalling record, and flies in the face of justice secretary Kenny MacAskill’s personal assurances to Parliament that this wasn’t a soft option to prison. — Politico.
Gulls noise annoys
I am a resident of Ballindean Crescent, Dundee, and for the past six to eight weeks I have woken each morning at 4.30 to the continual noises of seagulls.
I am not sure if they are searching bins in the area of McDonalds or Asda but the noise is incessant.
This continues until about 6.40 then goes quiet. It starts again in the evening until around 10pm. My sleep is continually broken.
I am not a perpetual moan, nor do I dislike birds or any animals, but this is a disgrace. — Disturbed By Seagulls.
Reunion
I am trying to arrange a reunion of former pupils of Muirhead of Liff Junior Secondary School, up until the demise of the secondary school in the summer of 1965.
If anyone is interested, please contact me by email at ronald840@btinternet.com or phone 01382 736114. I look forward to hearing from you. — Ron (Rusty) McIntosh, Balunie Drive, Dundee.
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